Word: coiner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...born who was destined to become one of America's greatest literary figures, called Washington Irving. He was one of the most versatile figures in the country's literature. An ambassador to Spain, a biographer of Mohamet, of Washington, an essayist of some eminence, a lawyer of none, the coiner of the phrase, "the almighty dollar," all these things he was. For delicacy and precision of style he has few superiors in America. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Alhambra" show a grace and beauty that is carefully wrought, while "A History Of New York" is full of deft...